I'm still hopeful for a Matrix pin but probably won't happen

On the flip side of that i've never quite got the idea of trying to turn a pinball machine into a jukebox (by upgrading speakers, changing tunes, etc) If i want to enjoy the music then it's through a really nice sound system with no other distractions going on .... well, maybe a nice bourbon
Each to their own of course!!

Possibly could have been a few yeah.... Matrix 4 is supposedly being released in Dec of this year
To quote Jean Luc Picard...MAKE IT SO - Stern!!!

If they did it will look rubbery as F%&^

Floyd would be awesome but yeah Wodger would be a PITA about it i reckon. He loves banging on about being anti capitalist but obviously didn't mind the idea of flogging off merch at his concerts at reasonably exorbitant prices Mega Multiball to the song "Young Lust" ooooooooohhhhhhhh i need a dirty woman!!!
Queen would make a great music pin too i must admit.

Shame they never toured that one to Oz but i did get to see the Momentary lapse of reason tour in 88' (sans Roger) which was my first ever concert. That was a whole night of fkn awesomeness!!!

Someone wake me up when there's some actual news please, all this speculation has drained my brain of all enthusiasm

Ya know.... a machine based on the series Westworld would be FKN awesome!!!
Psycho robots in a western setting..oh YES please

Hmmmm, i'd be angry too if i was hanging for a huge dump
Gawwdd has all those Godzilla movies been based on a giant lizard is pissed cause he can't crap?

All your machine rumours are way off, it's gonna be this for sure!!

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Nooooooo never that, how can you have a WAKE UP Jeff multiball, which i imagine would have the volume auto cranked to 90%

No

Based off what? anything after T2 was sadly lacking in substance

Past lot of pages have been interesting reading but still none the wiser here..how long until the next machine release is solid??

The only really good thing about True Lies is Jamie Lee Curtis

Guess you could use that argument but then Iron Maiden is a pommy band and sold well everywhere.
Rush still had hits in other countries too including Oz.

Aussies have been calling Englishmen Poms (and you guys Yanks) WELL before the urban dictionary was even thought of though.
We do love our slang over here

Nope, but know this band too

Top Gun No 1 There's at least 20 films in that list that are better than Top Gun.
I'm bias though cause i always thought Tom was/is a flog
I reckon Blade Runner should be at the top!!

Fast times at Ridgemont High is better than Blue Lagoon

Or Fast times at Ridgemont High Spicoli - Stoner 10 ball multiball

If not that one then surely Dreadlock Holiday ffs

TBH all your guesses are wrong. It's gonna be a Love Boat pin including a Cpt Stubing Cheesey Multiball, Isaac Washington Minibar upper playfield and a Julie McCoy Mystery Hole

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The cigarette lighter is broken!!

Geez and here i was thinking Razorback was a corny movie

Would love a machine based on this game

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Now THAT'S what you call a power chuck

I'd be in on a Monty Python machine
I know a lot of people think MM was Python based but it wasn't unfortunately.
WELEASE BWIAN!!!!!

I'd be in on an Elwin "Shoe" pin for sure!!!

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Believe it or not...........

Roostking, you down voted me for a song lyric??? Where'sssss yourrrrrr headddddd attttt?......

I may never sleep again

How could it not be a retro theme when it's based on early Bond films??

You've brought this up 3 times now, the pinball landscape has changed drastically since the early to mid 90's era of Twilight Zone's and Addams Family in the above 10K sales category. By the end of the 90's the sales on most pinball machines was in most cases less than a 1/3rd of those numbers.

Did you not read and understand my first sentence?? When Twilight Zone was released onto the world Stern weren't technically speaking a company, it was still Data East, then to become Sega in about 95'

Pretty much all the cabs from the 90's DMD era and going forward (quite possibly some earlier also) were screen printed yes BUT on a vinyl substrate so essentially still a decal. They mostly weren't screen printed straight on the wood over a paint base.

From what i've read about the upcoming one and it being about Furiosa it will most likely be more Fury Road than any of the early films. A Stern machine based on Max 1 -2 would be FKN AWESOME!!! Let's not talk about 3 either
Cundalini "Hands Off" multiball, i can go for that

Owlkitty outshines Tom as an actor big time

The pricing is virtually the same!!! Doesn't any of you guys understand currency conversion??
Our dollar is SHIT against yours >> $20,500 AUD on current conversion rate is $13,620 USD. If you factor in shipping costs for the distro, which is most likely included in our price, then that works out extremely close.

Just looked on there and it was showing $13,637 (that's converting $20,500AUD to USD) so yup fluctuates depending on source i guess.
Last time i recall our dollar being better would have to be at least 10 years ago give or take, remember it reasonably well cause i bought a couple of RC drag cars way cheaper from the US (including shipping) than they were going for here.
Price is crazy i agree though!! The distro (AMD) in RA77's post was originally showing the price of Pro's and Premium's, can't recall off the top of my head the Pro price but the Premiums were $14,950 AUD. Now the website is showing just the $TBA which makes me a tad nervous as i've already put my name down for a Prem Last contact i had with AMD they told me they don't know what their Premium allocation would be yet so still waiting on confirmation. Agree with my Aussie compatriots that a lot of guys who would have been auto in for the LE's have or are having 2nd thoughts (or already pulled the pin).

TBH we get shafted more on shipping here than you guys generally do, particularly when it comes to ordering parts from suppliers like Marco. The shipping charges are completely ridiculous for the size and weight of the items involved and quite often at least double the charge that it would be to reverse ship.
The $637 USD difference in the conversion rate mentioned (as opposed to your LE's being 13K) accounts for the cost for the distro to get it shipped via container which of course they would at least have a full container of machines.
Not sure if you are referring to having your Fathom air shipped? I know that a lot of the US guys have had theirs shipped that way instead of sea freight.

Looks fairly cool and i do love the idea of having 4 spinners to rip but at potentially 30K (or more) AUD it's a big Nahhhhh from me

Moo-Lool-Aba..easy (pronounce the last as abah, don't do the first part like you're a cow either )

Misses the board entirely..hit's the Wall....PINK FLOYD for the win

Westworld!!! (the series, not the movie)

Damn it, was looking forward to Season 4 too
Yeah i agree it did kinda evolve into a different place but i was still enjoying it. Still reckon it would make for a great pin though.

How about a motorbike themed machine based on The Goose

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Watching!!! Going down well with a bourbon or 3
Never gets old this film

Those banana flippers always made me go apeshit.......... i'll let myself out, seeyas

That sounds suspiciously and awesomely like Tenacious D!!!!!!!

Comes installed with a drool shaker motor

I read that and instantly thought some kind of bizarre sex toy...ok maybe i'm weird

SPOT ON!!!
And if they start to argue, play this song to them LOUD!!!

Car's that run off farts..it's coming!!!

It was a typo dude, you that fkn petty??

So the answer is yes then

Don't know why but i'm ever so slightly aroused by Tigra

HOLY SHIT!!! That makes $37 AUD to see Pink Floyd in 88' a WHOLE lot more fkn awesome!!!!

I reckon it would be amazing if done properly but i kinda doubt it would happen. From what i've read his sister controls the rights heavily.

Cool car but that metallic pea green is a fkn atrocious colour

There are still Venom LE's for sale at AMD in Sydney (Distro), first time i've seen an LE of any new Stern not sell out straight away. Previously most LE's were spoken for before they were even listed.

Make it so!!

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Was he singing Beat It whilst he was in there?

I like both era's tbh. I just can't go past the fact that Dave is a massive flog though...but certainly a good front man.

Anyone know what brand the plugs are that Stern uses these days? The female/male pair pictured is from the Bond flasher dome connection. Trying to find out the part numbers for both 3 pin male and female and the pins they use which are the square type. Had a suss around the net under the Molex range and can't seem to find anything the same.

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Cheers mate, pretty sure that's the correct one's. Thanks!!

Hows my driving?...Ohh we're parked

I actually received an advertising email from AMD today about all the models available for pre Christmas delivery, which is a first for me at least. Seeing how Venom LE's are still available on their site whereas previously most have either been pre-sold or haven't lasted long at all i can definitely agree sales are tanking. Seems quite a few machines on the secondary market are hanging around not being sold either.

Never listened to any of his web streams and i have a feeling he was banned from here around the same time i joined. What does seem to be the case is that there's a majority rather than a minority of peeps who think he's a dipshit

Preferred Space Ace myself and had the moves down pat, finished it many times. Have a feeling i got through Dragons Lair maybe twice but used to play both heaps back in the day. Fun times!!

There was fog in The Fog.......i'll let myself out

Probably not one i'd go for but a decent band nonetheless. If it was Foreigner though.......

Well......... Released 1980 and although i do prefer the Bon Scott years this album broke them into the US market and was HUGE!!!

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Nothing special

I'd like to see a machine based solely on Jack Black and his out there personality. Call outs would be off the charts and the potential for an original theme that isn't a music/marvel/etc rehash is huge. Could possibly have a machine based on a farcical situation eg: Jack Black Vs The World. I'm betting JB would be down for something like that and would be keen to lend his support

Although i'm not in my 60's yet. Amen to that

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Also Silo and Masters of the Air are great too.